Animal Sanctuaries

American Sanctuary Association (ASA)

Founded in 1998, the American Sanctuary Association (ASA) has
two primary programs. First, it is an accrediting organization
that requires member animal
sanctuaries to comply with a variety
of high quality animal care standards and housing requirements. Besides
a detailed application process, in which we review organizational
qualifications such as financial stability, fundraising procedures,
board oversight, permits and licenses, organizational bylaws,
educational materials and veterinary references, we also visit
all animal sanctuaries to assure that their facilities and animal
care merit our endorsement. In addition, ASA member sanctuaries
are not allowed to breed, sell or trade animals, or use them
for commercial purposes.

Second, ASA actively works every single day to find sanctuary
placement for a multitude of homeless, abandoned, seized and
abused exotic animals, non-releasable native wild animals, farmed
animals and companion animals. Whenever national animal
protection organizations, state and local rescue groups, individual
activists, SPCA’s, animal control agencies, and state wildlife
departments, need help with difficult to place animals, they
often turn to ASA. And we have also placed a large number
of primates formerly used in testing and research.

That’s our job--saving animals from death or further abuse,
and certifying quality animal sanctuaries so the public will
know which ones are truly worthy of support.